Hinge.



P. W. FARNAM.

HINGE. 7 APPLICATION FILED APR.13, 1909.

Patented Mar. 15, 1910.

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FRANK W. FARNAM, 0F ONEIDA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO NATIONAL GASKET COM- PANY, OF ONEIDA, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

HINGE.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK IV. FARNAM, of Oneida, in the county of Madison, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Hinges, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in hinges for burial caskets and other devices having swinging parts adapted to be held at any angle of adjustment.

The burial caskets for which this hinge is specifically adapted is provided with what is technically known as separate ogee panels hinged to the upper edges of the sides and ends of the casket to form an ornamental marginal edge for the cover adapted to support a separate top board or plate, which, together with the ogee panel, forms a complete cover.

The main object of my present invention is to permit the swinging hinge section or panel to be rocked or adjusted to any desired angle and frictionally retained in its adjusted position by the hinge or hinges, so that when used as a connection between the ogee panels of caskets, such panels may be readily adjusted to any angle and frictionally retained in their adjusted positions to give varying artistic effects to the casket, particularly when opened. In other words. I have sought to provide a simple, durable and comparatively inexpensive hinge in which a pintle is rigidly secured to one of the leaves, while the opposite leaf is provided with spring arms overturned upon and frictionally tensioned against portions of the pintle and provided with an aperture registering with a corresponding aperture in the adjacent portion of such leaf for the reception of a fastening screw or bolt by which this leaf may be secured to the swinging part leaving suflicient clearance between the overturned spring arm and body of the leaf for tightening said arm upon the pintle, thereby insuring a suflicient frictional grip between the leaves to hold them in their relatively adjusted positions as the swinging part is rocked to different angles.

Other objects and uses relating to specific parts of the hinge will be brought out in the following description:

In the drawingFigure 1 is a perspective view of a burial casket showing the top por- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 13, 1909.

Iatented Mar. 15, 1910.

Serial No. 489,680.

I tion of the head of such casket as open, the

interior trimming of the ogee panels being removed to show the location of the hinges. Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse sectional view through the upper portion of the casket showing the ogee panels and top board in their closed positions. Figs. 3 and 4: are enlarged detailed sectional views of the hinges in their closed and opened positions respectively, showing the adjacent portions of one side of the casket and swinging ogee panel. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the detached hinge showing the leaves in their extended positions.

In order that the utility of my invention may be clearly understood I have shown a burial casket A- as provided with opposite side and end ogee panels -aand a and a top board or cover plate athe foot and head portions of the cover be ing divided transversely at a' Each of the ogee panel sections -a/ and ais attached to the upper edges of the sides and ends of the casket by a plurality of, in this instance, two hinges 1- forming the subject matter of my present inven tion, although the number of hinges employed for each panel is immaterial.

Each hinge preferably comprises two sheet metal leaves 2 and 3- and a cylindrical pintle 4, the leaf 2- being secured by suitable fastening means, as screws --5-, to the upper edge of the side of the casket, and is provided with a reduced central portion 6 extending some distance beyond the outer face of the adjacent side of the casket and terminating in a cylindrical eye --7. The central portion of the inner side of the eye -7- is provided with short, lengthwise slits forming a tongue 8 which is depressed inwardly into a recess or groove -9- in one side of the central portion of the pintle 4- for the purpose of rigidly securing or locking said pintle to the leaf 2. The opposite ends of the pintle 4E extend equidistant beyond the opposite ends of the eye -7- to form bearings for the opposite leaf -3. This leaf -3- is secured by suitable fastening means, as screws -10 and --1l-- to the inner edge of the ogee panel -a and is provided with a central lengthwise slot 12- of substantially the same width as the length of the eye -7- forming opposite arms -12-- which are overturned upon the laterally projecting ends of the pintle 4- and are spring-tensioned inwardly toward the main body, forming open-sided bearings which frictionally engage the said projecting ends of the pintle. Said arms extend outwardly some distance beyond the pintle and are provided with apertures l3 which register with similar apertures -1a in the main body of the hinged sect-ion -3- for receiving the screws or bolts -ll-.

The free ends of the spring arms 12- having the apertures -13 therein are spaced apart from the main body of the leaf -3- leaving sufiicient clearance for taking up wear and increasing the friction of the arms or hearing l2 upon the pintle, said arms being tightened sufliciently by the adjustment of the screws -ll to frictioi'lally hold the leaf 3 and ogee panel section --a secured thereto at any angle of adjustment relatively to the main body of the casket or leaf -:2.

Although I have shown the pintle as rigidly secured to the leaf -2 by pressing a portion thereof into a recess in said pintle, it is evident that any other means may be employed for effecting this rigid securement between the pintle and leaf, and, therefore,

' I do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described.

hat I claim isl. A hinge comprising two leaves one of which is provided with an eye and a pintle secured in said eye, the other leaf having an open-sided bearing receiving the portions of the pintle extending beyond the eye, and means extending through the bearing and the last-mentioned leaf for forcing one side of the bearing toward the leaf to frictionally clamp the bearing to the pintle and hold the leaves in then relatively adjusted positions.

2. A hinge comprising two leaves one provided with an eye, a pintle rigidly secured in said eye and extended beyond the side edges thereof, the other leaf having spring arms overturned upon the projecting ends of the pintle, and means extending through said spring arms and the leaf for tightening the spring arms upon the pintle.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day of April 1909'.

FRANK \V. FARNAM.

Vitnesses T. F. HAM), J12, R. J. BREWER. 

